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  • Title: Measuring disability and quality of life in established rheumatoid arthritis.
    Author: Lillegraven S, Kvien TK.
    Journal: Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol; 2007 Oct; 21(5):827-40. PubMed ID: 17870030.
    Abstract:
    Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease with a major impact on physical and psychological health. It can cause severe disability and reduce health-related quality of life, aspects that are important to patients. Thus, it is important to measure disability and health-related quality of life in clinical practice and in clinical trials. This article presents an overview of the most important measures of outcome concerning disability and health-related quality of life, including different forms of the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ, MHAQ, MDHAQ, HAQ II), visual analogue scales for fatigue and function, SF-36, Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales (AIMS/AIMS2), the Rheumatoid Arthritis Quality of Life (RAQoL) questionnaire, Nottingham Health Profile, Sickness Impact Profile and the utility instruments 15D, EQ-5D, SF-6D and Health Utilities Index (HUI) 2 and 3.
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